Well, I don't feel like a third-semester freshman anymore. I spent five hours at work helping the newbies open their mailboxes. Some kept their parents within 2 feet at all times, some acted brisk and businesslike; they ranged from openly flustered to a swagger that said "Oh, I am so all over this college thing. I'm even pretty sure what this ( Read more... )

     Back! And in a nice single room, with air-conditioning and everything. And I saw Carolyn:
      Me/Carolyn: Hi!!!
      Me: You live in a basement.
      Carolyn: You've been waiting these past few months to say that, haven't you?
       Me: Mhm!
      Carolyn: Dork.
     Say what she likes, she is. She is an RA in a Pit. And yes, I have been ( Read more... )

     I went with my mom and sisters to shop for jeans today, and surprised myself by finding a really excellent pair. It's always a gamble for me--I apparently have a bizarre butt-to-thigh ratio, leaving me with extra room in one and skintight on the other. It can take dozens of pairs before I can find something that doesn't make me look either ( Read more... )

       Chris, the music director in the summer theatre company I belong to hates him with a passion. Never mind that everyone with an operatic/theatrical bone in their body seems to worship the man and the Phantom--when we did "Joseph" last year there was much talk from Chris about bashing Andrew Lloyd Webber's head in with a soldering iron. I've ( Read more... )

        In keeping with feeding my inner travel junkie, I'm back from my seventh week this summer in Canada. Here's a summary of events, in no particular order:
                   I saw Niagara Falls from the top, bottom, and illuminated in shifting rainbow colors at night
                   I saw the rainbows that run through the falls, sometimes ( Read more... )

     So I was channel surfing last night, and stumbled across a show that made my mind swell with wonder and confusion. It's called "Banned in America," and is a compilation of racy, never-before-seen commercials.

This is a show....made up of commercials.....punctuated by stretches of commercials. The question that springs to most people's ( Read more... )

     It's over. I knew it was going to be, I'm the one who ended it, and somehow it still comes as a shock.

We'd been together for exactly 1 year, 5 months, 1 week and 5 days. We met during a summer theatre production. My sister complained every night about her dance partner until she realized he had read HHGG. She introduced us, astonished ( Read more... )

     Finally back with mi familia! My parents and Becca are full of news about their trip to the Poconos, and Lizzie's on a Montreat high (Montreat is a Christian youth conference). I've been filling them in on as much as I can think of about Nain, and trying to work myself back into life here. A lot has changed. Becca's ears are pierced (and ( Read more... )

     Okay. I have fewer than 48 hours to go before I'm back with my family and ready to take off in all kinds of new, fun directions. It's about time, as I'm getting dangerously close to being annoyed with people for the simple fact that they are not my family/friends. I just feel so pumped! I've got all this energy just sparking all over the place ( Read more... )

         We left this morning before 10:00 for Goose Bay. Martin came by the apartment to say goodbye, and took a ride with us down to the airport. I have one last photo of him looking forlorn, holding on to the chain link fence as we got on the plane. The flight went smoothly, I took some time to read when we got to Goose Bay, but I just feel so ( Read more... )